SHE was the trailblazing Dutch track star whose achievements at the 1948 London Olympics made a mockery of stereotypes about female athletes. Now Fanny Blankers-Koen is being commemorated with a Google Doodle on what would have been her 100th birthday – here is what you need to know about her… Who was Fanny Blankers-Koen? Fanny […]
CONTROVERSIAL 800 metres star Caster Semenya could be forced to take a pill to cut her testosterone levels in new rules being introduced by the IAAF. The world athletics governing body is set to announce new rules to curb naturally occurring levels of the hormone. Semenya, 27, clinched gold in Rio two years ago and […]
MO FARAH can be a major threat to the world’s best marathon man Eliud Kipchoge in the run-up to Tokyo 2020. Farah finished third in his first serious outing at the London Marathon, clocking 2hr 6min 21sec to break the British record which had stood for 33 years. Olympic champ Kipchoge, from Kenya, won Sunday’s […]
MO FARAH blames snap-happy stewards after he lost his bottle during the London Marathon but still broke the British record that had stood for 33 YEARS to finish third. Farah missed his drink early on at a water station, picking up the wrong bottle before anxiously running over to stewards on safety bikes and arguing […]
SIR MO FARAH broke the British record as he finished third in the London Marathon. Eliud Kipchop of Kenya won the men’s elite race as the Olympic champion won the London Marathon for the third time, ahead of Tola Shura Kitata of Ethiopia. Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot smashed her personal best to win her first title in London. […]